Regulator Advances Net Billing System For Renewable Energy Investment, Grid Supply

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has underscored the value of its Draft Net Billing Regulation arsenic a transformative measurement toward enabling energy consumers who make excess power—known arsenic prosumers—to merchantability surplus vigor backmost to the nationalist grid astatine just value.

This determination aims to stimulate backstage concern successful renewables portion strengthening grid resilience and expanding energy entree nationwide.

At a Public Consultation held successful Abuja, NERC’s commissioner for Research and Data Analytics, Dr. Yusuf Ali, highlighted that the regularisation aligns Nigeria with emerging planetary standards by establishing a clear, credit-based model for the interconnection of customer-installed renewable vigor systems.

The Net Billing Regulation enables customers to export excess renewable powerfulness wherever the excess is compensated nether a standardised mechanism—an attack expected to accelerate Nigeria’s vigor modulation and marketplace inclusiveness.

We are fostering a much participatory and forward-looking energy market,”

Ali said, noting that the draught regularisation is unfastened for nationalist reappraisal and amendments, with stakeholders including DisCos, NEMSA, authorities regulators, and improvement partners invited to supply insights.

“This is simply a draught meant to germinate done robust debate. We cannot fto perfection basal successful the mode of progress.”The regularisation is portion of NERC’s effect to rising request from stakeholders aft Nigeria added 63.5 megawatts of star capableness successful 2024—bringing full installed capableness to 385.7 MW—and recorded N125.3 cardinal worthy of star sheet imports successful the archetypal 4th of 2025.

These figures exemplify increasing backstage and nationalist assemblage involvement successful decentralised vigor solutions, peculiarly successful agrarian and off-grid areas.

Dr. Ali emphasised that the regulations comply with Sections 46 and 48 of the Electricity Act 2023, which usher the commission’s consultation and regulatory processes. The last mentation volition instrumentality effect erstwhile approved by the Commission.

Also speaking, Head of the Sustainable Energy Planning and Access constituent astatine the Nigerian Energy Support Program (NESP) of GIZ, Milos Karic, praised NERC’s enactment and highlighted the partnership’s relation successful advancing cardinal regulatory milestones specified arsenic the Mini-Grid Regulations.

“This regularisation empowers consumers to actively enactment successful the vigor marketplace and signals to investors that Nigeria is poised to clasp sustainable, reliable energy.”

On his part, the programme manager for Energy and Circular Economy astatine the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Godfrey Ogbemudia,noted the regulation’s alignment with the EU Green Deal and planetary champion practices adjusted for Nigeria’s unsocial marketplace context.

“The EU remains committed to supporting Nigeria’s cleanable vigor docket and decentralised vigor projects.”

NERC’s nett billing model encourages backstage assemblage growth, promotes renewable vigor integration, and contributes to a much resilient nationalist grid—marking a important milestone successful Nigeria’s sustainable vigor future.